From takl
^His translation. He is an unbiased (does not ship anything) guy from Japan that has been translating on NF for a long time now.
^Referring to us, and Kishi did not be specific when he "thought" about NS.
^The part about Sakura always being devoted or wholeheartedly about Sasuke is true. Meaning she never changed her feelings and never loved Naruto.
I've gone and read a few different translations and opinions.... It really does seem to me like NaruHina indeed was Kishi's intended pairing for a long time, even before NaruSaku. =/ Sorry guys.. He only "thought about/considered" Sakura ending up with Naruto and that was most likely after he planned for Hinata to be the one. His thought process went like this "NH -> NS -> NH". The reason he didn't do NS wasn't because of NH though. It was because of Sakura loving Sasuke for far too long in the manga already and it would make her look bad if she changed her feelings so "late".
Oh that guidebook picture Hinata looks weird to me. Her chest is... bleh.
We actually don't know exactly when he planned for NH to be canon. This series has been running for fifteen years, a long time ago can mean anything as early as two years ago. He could have decided to go NS then NH or NS, then NH for all we know. And that's only assuming he's telling the truth -- I doubt he'd admit he decided on NH in the last minute if that was the case.
Despite what he's said... That's not what he wrote in the manga. Aside from the parallelisms, having the other characters comment about Sakura's feelings, and showing us Naruto still wanted to confess to her after all that time, he also gave Naruto and Sakura scenes that showed they cared for each other, consistently throughout the story.
More precisely sasuke fan.
I don't think he's doing Sasuke any favours by pairing him with a woman he finds insufferable. Maybe that's why he's shown to be a wanderer still with Taka presumably stalking him, even though he has a wife and kids at home.
Edited by Nefertieh, 22 November 2014 - 12:29 PM.